RHSA-2020:2833 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: kdelibs security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 7

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · July 7, 2020

Updated · June 27, 2026

Topic

An update for kdelibs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is a graphical desktop environment for the X Window System. The kdelibs packages include core libraries for the K Desktop Environment.

Security Fix(es):

  • kdelibs: malicious desktop files and configuration files lead to code execution with minimal user interaction (CVE-2019-14744)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2020:2833 — Red Hat Security Advisory: kdelibs security update | PulseLinux